Dispensing cabinet



Feb. 16, 1932. F. D. HARRIS DISPENSING CABIN-ET* Filed April 16. 1931 n mi# dwf! v ATTORNEY lNVENTOR BY W Patented Feb. 16 1932 ,UNITED STATES" PATENT oFFlcE nomen D. nanars, or-ronr rnomas, KENTUCKY DISPENSING- CABINET Application led April. 16, 1931. Serial o. 530,553.

,10 provide for conveniently releasing an empty tubeand replacing it with a new tube. Another object is to provide for conveniently detachingand cleansing such parts as are "liable to come in contact with the tooth paste or shavingcream and conveniently restoring such parts'. `Another object is to provide an improved sheet metal cabinet for such purpose., M invention also comprises certain; details o form and arrangement and combii nation of components, all of'which will be fully setforth inthe description ofthe .ac-

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Fig. 1 is a erspective view of my improved cabinet re y for use.v 'f Q Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the same taken on` line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a'side elevation, partly in section of the tube collapsing shaft detached.- p Fig. 4 is a pers ective view of the major and-minor slides detached.

Y 5--5 of Fig. 4.

f Fig. 6 is a plan of a portion of the rear wall of the cabinet illustrating the manner of attachng the cabinet to a wall or other supportin member. he accompanying drawings illustrate one embodiment of my invention in which 15 represents a rectangular sheet metal cabinetoor hous' preferably vformed from .a single piece o sheet metal by stampin'g and folding` the same. lAs illustratedl t e meeting edges 16 and 17 of the sheet are overlapped at the 4 rear face of the cabinet, and may be locked instance, passing through pertliorationsV 18 in the opposite meeting edge 16. The double thick metal at the meeting edges is also preferably provided with registering stamped removing the major slie 25, or the minor 'If desired the screws 21and 22 may be secured are adapted to be introduced and removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail taken on' lineA together if desired by ystamped sheet metal f Ytongues -17 from one meeting edge, 17 for perforations 19 and 20 adapted to detachably engage with two screws 21 and .22 threaded 'into the wall or. other cabinet supporting member 24. If desired the cabinet l5 may be located inside of a medicine cabinet or closet 155 Where itt will be shielded from4 view. As illustrated in Fig. 6, the headof screw 21 is rst passed through the enlarged end of per-V foration 19 and the cabinet moved horizontally relative to the wall to brirfgthe shank '60 of screw 21 to the position inthe narrow portion of perforationjl9 where the head of screw 22 will register with .and enter the enlarged end of perforation '20, whereupon the cabinetI 15 is moved in a reverse direction to the position shown in Fig. 6, in which the cabinet is firmly held to the Wall\ against inserting or slide 26, or removing or eplacing one of the f tubes 27, and at the sa e time the cabinet quired and then replaced, and the means of' attachment is concealed, andis readily placed in position without requiring skilled labor. 75 to a transverse' spacing strip to space the cabinet forward from the wall 24.

The cabinet 15 is provided with an opening 28 at its lower end through which the tubes 8@ The cabinet 15 is also provided with a vertical slot 29 in one side thereof. 'A tube collaps- .ing shaft 30 is plreferably provided near opposite ends Wi rollers or ydiscs-31 and 32, vprefi'e'rably of sheet metal, and preferably provided with rubber tires 33 to prevent noise in operation. The rollers or discs 31 and 32 are of nearly the same diameter as the depth of the cabinet from the inside of the front wall to the inside of the rear wall, and hence 'eo when the shaft 30 is rotated the rollersor discs 31 and 32 roll downwardly along the front or rear wall, being conined between the front andrv rear walls. The discs 31 and 32 maintain the shaft 30 at right angles to the side walls. The shaft 30 has a-through slot .34 into which the folded end-35 of the tube 27 is inserted', and thereafterl upon rotating the shaft 30 the tube 27 is collapsed progressively from itsfolded end-towards 10o ymay be readily detached f,and cleansed if ref its screw-cap end, thereby readily and quickly expelling the tooth paste from time to time as may be required. The collapsed portion of the tube 36 is wound in a spiral upon the shaft 30 as shown in Fig. 2 and may be unwound therefrom when it is desired to detach the tube and replace it with another tube. i

One end of the shaft 30 extends through the slot 29 to the exterior of the cabinet where it is provided with a winged head 37 by means of which the shaft 30 may be manually rotated.

A major slide 25 is adapted to be detachably inserted into position to close the opening in the lower portion of the cabinet 15 where the tubes are introduced and removed. The slide 25 is provided with outwardly concave'recesses 40 into which corresponding inwardly convex extensions 41 of the cabinet 15 enter and areheld yieldingly to retain the slide 25 in'place with reference to the cabinet 15. The slide 25 slides vertically into and out of relation to the cabinet 15. The slide 25 is provided with a centrally perforated and threaded projection 42 into which the threaded end 43 of the tube 27 is adapted to be screwed before the slide 25 is slid into relation to the cabinet. The major slide 25 is also provided with downwardly extending stamped projections 44'which form guideways 45 for a minor transversely movable slide 26 which is provided with a perforation 47 to register with the perforation of the projection 42 at .one position of the slide 26 and at another position the slide 26 serves to close the lower end of the perforation in projection 42 and prevent escape of tooth paste through the perforation in projection 42 and to protect the tooth paste from dust or other contamination.4 Both slides 25 and 26 being detachable from the cabinet are readily cleansed before returning to position. When the tooth paste has all been removed from a tube, the slides 25 and 26 are drawn downwardly, and the shaft 30 remaining in the cabinet is rotated to unwind the collapsed portion of the tube therefrom. After the collapsed tube and slides have been detached from shaft 30, the tube is unscrewed from the projection 42 and discarded. A new tube is then threaded to the projection 42 and its folded end introduced into the slot 34 of shaft 30, which shaft 30 shows through the opening at the lower end of the cabinet, and thereupon the shaft 30 is elevated in the cabinet 15 and the slides 25 and 26 inserted into place in the cabinet. Though I have illustrated the slide 25 as made of sheet metal, it may however be of lcast metal. The opposite ends of slide 26 are turned at right angles thereto to facilitate its operation and prevent is detachment from slide 25. If desired the shaft 30 may be made tubular from sheet metal to reduce its weight, and also the rollers 31 and 32 omitted if desired.

The apparatus herein shown and described is capable of considerable modification within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention. f

What I claim is:

1. Dispensing apparatus comprising a cabinet having a vertlcal slot through one side wall thereof and an opening at the lower end thereof for the introduction of a tube of the material to be dispensed, a closure member to which the threaded end of the tube is adapted to be attached and which closure member is adapted to en age and close the opening at the lower en of the cabinet, a spool comprising an axl with rollers near opposite ends thereof d a manually operable member exteriorly. of said cabinet, rotatably mounted relative to said cabinet, with one end of said axle projecting through said vertical cabinet slot, said spool axle intermediate of said rolllers being provided with means to engage the folded end of a tube, and said spool when being adapted to progressively collapse said tube and to Wind the collapsed portion of the tube upon said spool and to expel the contents of the tube from the threaded end of the tube.

2. In a dispensing apparatus of the class described the combination of a cabinet having a vertical slot through one side wall thereof, means at the bottom of the cabinet in which the threaded end of a tube of material to be dispensed is adapted to be held, a spool comprising an -axle with discs near opposite ends cooperating with the side walls of the cabinet to retain the axle at right angles to said side walls, one end of the axle extending through the slot in said side wall, the, axle, intermediate its ends being provided with means to receive the attened end of a tube, and means on the extended end of the axle for manually rotating it to progressively collapse the tube by winding it uponsaid axle.

In testimony whereof, I have aiiixed my signature. j

FLORENCE D. HARRIS.

CERTIFICATE 0E CORRECTION.

PaternNo, 1,845,598. I g p Granted Eebmry I6, 1932, to

I FLORENCE D. HARRIS.

lt is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification o f the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2,v lne'87, after "when" insert the word rotated; and that the -said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 5th day of April, A. -D. 1932.

M. J. Moore. (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Pntent. 

